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Overview

Ian D. Leith is affiliated with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with particular emphasis on several subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, atmospheric science, ecology, and biomaterials.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Biocrusts and microbial ecology
  • Diatoms and algae research

Leith's publication record includes contributions to journals such as:

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Ecological Indicators

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Alkaline air: changing perspectives on nitrogen and air pollution in an ammonia-rich world", 2020, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "More tolerant than expected: Taking into account the ability of Cladonia portentosa to cope with increased nitrogen availability in environmental policy", 2020, published in Ecological Indicators

Leith frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Lucy J. Sheppard
  • Silvana Munzi
  • Mark A. Sutton
  • Netty van Dijk
  • Peter Levy

Best Publications

  • Impacts of atmospheric nitrogen deposition: responses of multiple plant and soil parameters across contrasting ecosystems in long‐term field experiments

    Gareth K. Phoenix;Bridget A. Emmett;Andrea J. Britton;Simon J. M. Caporn

  • The relationship between nitrogen deposition, species composition and foliar nitrogen concentrations in woodland flora in the vicinity of livestock farms

    C.E.R. Pitcairn;I.D. Leith;L.J. Sheppard;M.A. Sutton

  • Methane emission rates from a Northern Wetland; response to temperature, water table and transport

    J.A Macdonald;D Fowler;K.J Hargreaves;U Skiba

  • The influence of altitude on rainfall composition at great dun fell

    David Fowler;John N. Cape;Ian D. Leith;T W Choularton

  • Effects of acid mist on the frost hardiness of red spruce seedlings

    D. Fowler;J. N. Cape;J. D. Deans;I. D. Leith

  • Evidence for changing the critical level for ammonia

    J.N. Cape;L.J. van der Eerden;L.J. Sheppard;I.D. Leith

  • Climatic modifiers of the response to nitrogen deposition in peat-forming Sphagnum mosses: a meta-analysis

    J. Limpens;Gustaf Granath;Urban Gunnarsson;R. Aerts

  • Effects of elevated CO2, nutrition and climatic warming on bud phenology in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and their impact on the risk of frost damage

    M. B. Murray;R. I. Smith;I. D. Leith;D. Fowler

  • Dry deposition of ammonia gas drives species change faster than wet deposition of ammonium ions: evidence from a long-term field manipulation

    Lucy J. Sheppard;Ian D. Leith;Toshie Mizunuma;John Neil Cape

  • Bioindicators of enhanced nitrogen deposition

    C.E.R Pitcairn;D Fowler;I.D Leith;L.J Sheppard

  • The Role of Nitrogen Deposition in Widespread Plant Community Change Across Semi-natural Habitats

    Chris D. Field;Nancy B. Dise;Richard J. Payne;Richard J. Payne;Andrea J. Britton

  • Diagnostic indicators of elevated nitrogen deposition.

    Carole Pitcairn;David Fowler;Ian Leith;Lucy Sheppard

  • A study of the epiphytic communities of Atlantic oak woods along an atmospheric nitrogen deposition gradient

    R.J. Mitchell;A.M. Truscot;I.D. Leith;J.N. Cape

  • Turnover of labile and recalcitrant soil carbon differ in response to nitrate and ammonium deposition in an ombrotrophic peatland

    Pauline M. Currey;Pauline M. Currey;David Johnson;Lucy J. Sheppard;Ian D. Leith

  • Rainfall acidity in northern Britain.

    D. Fowler;J. N. Cape;I. D. Leith;I. S. Paterson

  • Sulphate and ammonium in mist impair the frost hardening of red spruce seedlings

    J. N. Cape;I. D. Leith;D. Fowler;M. B. Murray

  • Can the foliar nitrogen concentration of upland vegetation be used for predicting atmospheric nitrogen deposition? Evidence from field surveys.

    W.K. Hicks;I.D. Leith;S.J. Woodin;D. Fowler

  • The influence of altitude on wet deposition comparison between field measurements at great dun fell and the predictions of a seeder-feeder model

    T W Choularton;A Jones;David Fowler

  • Growth and tissue nitrogen of epiphytic Atlantic bryophytes: effects of increased and decreased atmospheric N deposition

    R. J. Mitchell;M. A. Sutton;Anne-Marie Truscott;I. D. Leith

  • An Automated Wet Deposition System to Compare the Effects of Reduced and Oxidised N on Ombrotrophic Bog Species: Practical Considerations

    L. J. Sheppard;A. Crossley;I. D. Leith;K. J. Hargreaves

  • Soil nitrous oxide and nitric oxide emissions as indicators of elevated atmospheric N deposition rates in seminatural ecosystems

    U. Skiba;L. Sheppard;C.E.R. Pitcairn;I. Leith

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucy J. Sheppard
Lucy J. Sheppard UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
David Fowler
David Fowler University of Saskatchewan
John N. Cape
John N. Cape Stockholm University
Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
Eiko Nemitz
Eiko Nemitz UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Ron Smith
Ron Smith Natural Environment Research Council
Mark R. Theobald
Mark R. Theobald Technical University of Madrid
Thomas Choularton
Thomas Choularton University of Manchester
Luca Bragazza
Luca Bragazza Agroscope
John A. Raven
John A. Raven University of Dundee

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